Tch. My clothes are dirty.
Her 20,000 Lungmen dollar pants were dirty. This made her feel very unhappy.
Yu Yachen pulled Alina away from the crater left by the punch.
She stared expressionlessly at the scattered remains. Because she disliked contact with others, she usually wore gloves when she went out. It was fine if it was clean girls like Exusiai or Alina.
But this filthy guy... he was disgusting.
[Ho-Ho-Host's combat power is pretty high. (´・ω・`)]
[I-I-I'm sorry, Host! I shouldn't have made you angry earlier! Sob... can we make up?]
Yu Yachen ignored the system and uncovered Alina's eyes. Although the Elafia woman hadn't resisted, she was still curious about what Yu Yachen had done.
"What happened just now?"
"Nothing," Yu Yachen changed the subject. "I remember meeting you on this same road yesterday. Does all the danger in this tundra revolve around you?"
As she spoke, the white-haired woman kept her eyes fixed on the corpses. Even though the pursuers were wearing masks, Yu Yachen acutely sensed that their faces were identical to the ones in the first simulation.
Especially the hunting dog, which had been blown up. It was exactly the same as last time.
In addition, the tactile sensations, which were far more realistic than the last simulation, made Yu Yachen suspicious. This place felt... real.
"Eh? You remember yesterday?" Alina asked, puzzled.
"Why would you think I wouldn't?" Yu Yachen retorted, her face blank.
"Ah, sorry."
Alina looked down. She had begun to suspect that yesterday's events were all a dream, and Talulah, her close friend, had also denied that anything had happened. Yet, Yu Yachen remembered everything.
She buried her head in Yu Yachen's shoulder, her faint murmur reaching the white-haired woman's ear.
"Actually... I took this road on purpose..."
"I... I wanted to see if you would come. Like yesterday."
The howling wind and snow seemed to quiet down in that instant.
[HOOOST—! (╬) She's making a move! Host, hurry up and say 'Yes! I love you too!']]
Shut up.
[Wuu... (T_T)]
Yu Yachen said flatly, "Can you let go of me first?"
She had actually let go of Alina a while ago, but Alina was still clinging to her.
"I-I'm sorry."
Alina's ears turned red, and she quickly, awkwardly, moved her hands away.
"You got a vegetable leaf on my clothes."
Yu Yachen pointed at the basket on Alina's arm. Then, her slender finger moved to poke her on the forehead.
"Oof."
"I'll take you back, you troublemaker."
[System Notification: Alina's favorability +5! Current favorability 55/100 (She got scolded, but it feels kind of good!)]
"Thank you... and, this is your jacket."
"Do you want to wear it? You still look cold. If you don't mind, you can have it."
The white-haired woman refused to take the jacket back.
Yu Yachen had a strong sense of personal boundaries. She believed there was no point in taking back something she had given away. Once an item had been in someone else's hands, it meant it had "picked up their scent," and thus no longer belonged to her.
Besides, she wasn't lacking the money to buy another expensive suit.
"Eh? I can keep it?"
"Of course. But you can't give it to anyone else."
Yu Yachen leaned down slightly, bringing her face close to Alina's, and made a "shushing" gesture.
"This jacket is my thing. Now I'm giving it to you, and even though that means it's your item, I still don't want something I once used to be used by anyone else."
"If that happens... I'll be very angry."
As she spoke, she laid out this rather bizarre line of reasoning to Alina.
"Uh... okay."
"Good."
Seeing Alina agree, a one-pixel smile finally appeared on the white-haired woman's cold face.
She didn't pay any mind to Alina's increasingly strange look. She just waved her hand, signaling her to lead the way.
[Host, don't tell me...]
Cat-Guest System 7355608 was alarmed.
Alina was also very confused.
She couldn't possibly fail to notice the change in Yu Yachen's attitude. The woman from "yesterday" had been gentle and meticulous, but today, she was completely different, acting so casually, as if she had lost all interest in her.
This discrepancy made Alina unable to suppress her disappointment. She wanted to ask, but facing a stranger she barely knew, she didn't know where to begin.
[Host, you... you realized this is reality?]
I wasn't sure at first. But now that you've said that, I'm certain.
[Host! Y-You... let me explain! Sob... Host, I was wrong!]
You weren't wrong. I was. Yu Yachen said flatly.
[No, don't! Host, I was really wrong!]
[Host, don't ignore me! (T_T) I know I was wrong!]
Whenever she finally had a quiet moment, the system would start buzzing in her ear like a little bee.
Yu Yachen just found it noisy.
Idiot. Why did you think a petty trick like that could fool me?
[Host, if you curse at me again, I'll... I'll...]
You'll what?
[Congratulations on receiving a reward: A random Stand from the world of JoJo!]
[Favorability Quest Unlocked: Raise any beautiful girl's favorability to 100% to increase your mental strength limit!]
[Host! If you're still not satisfied, there's nothing I can do! (▼皿▼#) You big dummy, Host!]
Yu Yachen raised an eyebrow.
That's quite a bit of loot.
I'm not dissatisfied. And I'm not angry. I'm not that childish.
But if I didn't do this, how could I squeeze any rewards out of you?
Yu Yachen smiled faintly.
[...]
[(╬) This system is officially on strike for three minutes! Unless the Host agrees to wear a maid outfit to see Alina in the next simulation! Hmph! I'm not talking to you anymore!]
Although she wasn't interested in the simulations at first, after meeting Alina, Yu Yachen found that she didn't dislike interacting with her as much as she thought.
Besides, there was [Star Platinum] to be had.
"Alina—!"
Yu Yachen was following behind Alina. As she was thinking, a loud shout suddenly came from the distance.
She looked up. A white-haired Draco woman emerged from the dense shadows of the trees.
"Alina! Are you okay?"
In the blink of an eye, the Draco woman was right in front of Alina, placing her hands on her shoulders and asking with concern.
Eh? So fast...
That person was dozens of meters away just a second ago...
"The remaining pursuers all fled in this direction! I was so afraid they'd do something to you."
"I-I'm fine," Alina said, awkwardly trying to ease her worry.
Talulah let out a long sigh of relief, then looked at Yu Yachen.
"By the way, who is this pretty big sister?"
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